This coffee comes to us from the Kindeng Dry Mill, located in the Jikawa province of Papua New Guinea. The average farm size of producers in this area is about 1-2 hectares, and the soil is generally sandy loam and loamy clay. After cherries are received at the mill, they are processed accordingly and dried on raised beds and canvasses. They are moved multiple times a day throughout the average 1-month drying process to ensure an even and uniform average moisture content across the lot. Once the coffee is adequately dried, it is placed into bags, stored in a cool and dry warehouse, hulled, milled, and prepped for export.

Since 2012, Cafe Imports’ senior green-coffee buyer Piero Cristiani has made the long trek to Papua New Guinea to develop relationships, cup new coffees, and continue to facilitate development and investment in specialty programs. Monpi is the primary exporting partner in Papua New Guinea. Through this partnership, they have been able to source coffees from individual washing stations and communities such as Kujin, Namugo, and Ulya, and FTO-certified cooperatives like Keto Tepasi, located in the Chivu region.